Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-12
ANOTHER PREsLDENTLtL VETO.


honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
who are now disabled and dependent upon
their own labor for support. The maxi
mum rate of pension as provided under the
bill was Sl2 per month, and graded down
according to the circumstances of the appli-
cant At the commencement OF his mes
sage the president says:
This is the first general bill that has been
sanctioned by congress since the close OF
the late civil war permitting pension 10
the soldiers and sailors who served in that
war on the ground of service and permna-
nent disability alone. and the entire alb
sence of any injuries received by the cas-
ualties or incidents of such service, while by
almost constant legislation since the close
of the war there has been compensation
awarded for every possible injury received
as result of military service in the Union
army. and while great number Of laws
passed for that purpose have been admins
tered with great libera.ity and have been
supplemented by numerous private acts Ia
reach special cases, there has not, until
now, been an avowed departure from the
principle thus far adhered 10 respecting
Union soldiers. that the bounty Of the gov
ernment in the way of pensions is gener-
ously bestowed when granted Ia those who,
l., ,his n,;Ii,.r,. S.,,.ice aud in tho lime ot
n,iIi,.r,. duty have !, n GREATER ar less ex
tent been disabled.
Tbs rr.sidsp, tho, g;vas , bist,rv of tb,
pension legislation of the country, from
ISIS TO the present day. The following
,,,r,r,,,,, from, IN. ,,sss, =. contains non
.;o, ,.,,s aud s,,,,rs
Tno go -. 81. r.,.,,;or ,.-,,ir,,.d
nearly ,wentv-two wears sgo. the number
of men furnished for its prosecution is
stated TO be ara. 40S. No corresponding
number oi Slatutes nave ever peen passed
" ;'s - q, ~, III y, L.. =, o.. go
Und,r these statutes ,,r ga nansinns have
been granted from the year 1861 TO June
30, 1856. and more than 1000 pensioners
nave oeet auueo 70 the Tolls os pii.aee acts
P"S,ea w nv, -. -, i", .,, a, !, ,,s
did not cover On July l. 1856. sos. 763
pensioners of all classes were upon the
pension rolls. OF whom 3o5. sos were surNl-
Nois oi 'iie wal vi tiie Ieoei,loh an" .ne.
ha
been apnrnpriated for the payment of pen-
Sions. and the amount expended for that
purpose from 1861 to July l, 1886, Is esoe,
o-t, l'oi'
Inc sec'i''i pio'iu'ns ioi aiio""hs '''
pelSiohS ieIuie', oe'iueS SCI VICE Vi '.,e.
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'"ose SeeAi's 'io oe'''e'i' VI '"e AZ, '''"i, "
'"'n "' a'' no" Vi may n'i,'i w
my nun .hen'" VI pay '''"i ui,"'''.. -. "o,
'''e ''''', Vi 'i'''' o"" '"''"n ,'''.,9 V
s''ss '''i''"''' "''.'i i'i,e"i"''' VI" II
ioi ti'e peiiotinaiice VI iaooi III S"'" oe
gree as to render them unable to earn
support and who are dependent upon theil
daily labor for support-" II proyide.
A.. =. - Ill, ,r
'u' 'nei ''i"' , "t''
making PROOF OF the iac'' ne pia'eu "i
the list of invalid pensioners OF the United
States and be entitled to receive for sucl
total inability to procure their subsistence.
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pension snail commence from the aa'e o'
the filing Of the application in the pension
Office upon proof that the disability then
..x;sta3 and oo,,,,uad tbropgh ,ba axistapc.
of IN. same in the degree herein proyided
nrovided that nersons who are now rec.iy.
ING nensiops under existing laws or whose
claims are n.ndiny in tho mansion office
may nv .nnlic,,ion IN the commissioner n,
,a,Sions In s,cb form Nc ba may nrescriha
rs.,,i,s ,h., ha,.t;, NJ ,his not
The nraS;ds,t then s,sci.ies that ne-sons
sealing tn obtain the mansion nrovided fo,
4, this law mpst no now or bare.ttsr
..Spraripg from m.r,,I mr. pbvsic,I
disability
=. Such disability must not be ''the re-
suit OF their own vicious habits or gross
c"aeisssuesS; ss',ln ,.,.
pacitates then, for the performance of labor
in such a degree as to render them unable
TO earn support"
=; ihey must De dependent upon their
'' 49, 49, 80 ~. ~ H.. .o,a;,;o,s ,,.,.
shall ..be nIaced on the list of invalid mem
sioners Of the United States and be entitled
to receive for such total inability to procure
lneii SUBSISTENCE os oaiis i"ooi ei- pei
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and that they have been generously pro
'lded Tor ever since the war closed.
The president Is also alarmed at the